Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-06-02

Inside OF that cot so neat and clean, r i.
Played the babes OF Annie and Walden Dcan.
Young Master Clifford and sweet little May.
And dear wee babe who left one day
That they laid TO rest near the banks of the
stream.
Near the beautiful river whose n,urmurs
seem 4u
lullaby soft-as II ripplcs by
III. la 91f fi
Grief comes 20 all. Times drifting tide
Brought grief TO the cot by the riversidc-
And Walden Dean bade hts babes farewell;
And Annie, poor wife-Ah, who can tell
How sad were the hours how great her woe.
When she looked at two graves severed with
snow,
Near the river that's rolling by,
The cold. cruel winter was longpnd drcar,
And her hearts first love sleeping so near
Hetspeechlcss ever. "No more, no more"
She moaned. els II all over,
This heaven ON earthi" Heavy eyes grow
dim.
"IIe can not come back, we can 60 TO Him
Where the river of life rolls by"
His last words haunt the poor wlfe's brain;
AZ noon OF night she hears again
Those last strange words, ere no fell asleep;
Don't grieve, good wife, nor should you
weep.
For soon my babes aud you will be
Anoat on the river coming TO me,
Where tho waters rush madIy by"
VI.
The weary weeks pass slowly by,
While the snownalses fall, the bleak winds
sigh,
And all the earth seems a winding sheet
From the cottage TO where tho hIItops meet
The leaden sky. The little ones ask In tones
of fear,
''wii II always be cold when papa ain,thore.. :.
Andthe boats no more 20 byf"
VII.
But soon the dark clouds lower and frown.
These drifting founts pour their torrents
down,
The banks OF snow now melt away.
Tue rain falls steadily alTthe day,
Day after day. night after night.
TIL La Belle River Is terrible sight
As IL goes roaring by.
rni.
The banks of tho stream now fade from
view,
And the roaring food isrushiug through
The willows that mark where the river
And the mother looks on with sinking hear
For the stream and her door are yard apart
Asst rolls madly by.
TX.
The heart OF the mother now beats fast,
For the waters come in at thedoor at last;
Her babes have lisped their evening prayer,
In slumber wTapt are iying there
In the little low bed while the " Al ietscreep
Nearer and nearer. But there is no sleep
For the mother that night, as the waters roar
And dash and thunder against the door
As they rush Inadly by.
Higher and his cher the waters risc.
Aloud for help the mother cries.
No help Is near. Too late, TOO iatc,
And the roaring food VIII not abate,
Hark What sound Is that which chlIls uie
blood?
IT'S their home swept OF by the raging flood
As II breaks madly by.
XI
Now she climbs 70 th @ attic and breaks away
Through the shingled roof az dawn OF day,
All, how the mad Hood seems % gloat
At It's awful work. Yet they may float
Till brave hearts rescue them from death.
Now she hurries back with bated breath
To take her babes from their little bed,
Safe for q time there overhead.
She looks; then cries, "Oh. GOdi they're
dead!"
And the waters went mocklng by.
XII.
Then climbing back on tie roof again,
Feeling loss, no grief. no pain.
She calmly waits for death 10 come.
And murmured "f'm only riding home,
For lac said: "Dear ones, ri look FOR thee,
The river viii bring you home b me"
A boat draws near the floating cot,
But looking down she heeds IL not:
They beg her 10 come, but she cries NO"
" Ny babes lie drowned In the room below"
And the river swept her By.
a swect-faoed woman aud two babes fair.
Rest meath those waters, but God knows
whore e. S. COOK
Columbus, o., February % 1884
Note President Green, OF the Hooking
Valley Railroad. read at one of tie relief
meetings, in this city, n dispatch from
PortsmOuih, o while tbo food vas at it,
height, of a house which hoatod by, with d
woman sitting on She roof An attempt was
made N rescue her (which was unsuocBssfui,
she crying ont 10 those who tried t0 roscue
her that her Children were All dcad-drowned
In the rooms below.
-iCoiumbus Exchange.